Balkanized Europe a Study in Political Analysis And Reconstruction
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With the exception of Con- FRONTIERS 93 stantinople and Athens, I know of no large city in "Balkanized Europe" where a room can be had merely for the asking. If he has written or telegraphed ahead, he will probably find that his letter or telegram has not been received. The desk clerk will insult him, the manager will turn a cold shoulder. In the end he will probably succeed by bribing the hotel porter, who has become a rich and all-powerful personage in European capitals. I have heard, however..., of people having to pass a week or more in makeshift quarters before they could succeed in getting into a genuine hotel. The Czechs, with laudable initiative, have established a "Foreigners' Bureau," jnder government auspices, whose business is to requisition rooms for strangers. The only trouble, under this arrangement, is that you cannot choose your own hotel or room, but must ac- cept the one assigned to you, no matter how unsatis- factory. The traveler must next go to the police-station and register.
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